Kentucky Wildcats welcome Bobby Hurley to Rupp Arena

It's not Christian Laettner visiting Rupp Arena, but Bobby Hurley has got to still be guilty by association in the minds of many UK basketball fans.

Kentucky announced it will open its non-conference schedule with games at Rupp Arena against Grand Canyon University on Nov. 14 and Hurley's Buffalo squad on Nov. 16 in the 2014 Cawood Ledford Classic.

Hurley was the point guard on the Duke team that beat Kentucky in the Elite 8 in 1992 on Laettner's famous turnaround jumper.

"It is exciting for our players to have an opportunity to play a program so rich in tradition like Kentucky," Hurley told SNY.tv. "For me personally, I expect to be a crowd favorite."